Sylvain N'Diaye

Sylvain N'Diayé

Personal information
Full name	Sylvain N'Diayé
Date of birth	(1976-06-25) 25 June 1976
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	AS Cannes
Number	25
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Bordeaux	1	(0)
1997–1998	→ FC Martigues (loan)	34	(1)
1998–2000	Gent	11	(0)
1999	→ AS Monaco (loan)	11	(2)
1999–2000	→ Toulouse (loan)	37	(2)
2000–2003	Lille	88	(3)
2003–2005	Olympique Marseille	42	(1)
2005–2008	Levante	44	(2)
2007–2008	→ Tenerife (loan)	29	(1)
2008–2010	Stade Reims	28	(0)
2010–	AS Cannes	28	(0)
International career‡
2001–2004	Senegal	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:59, 13 July 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 29, 2006

Sylvain N'Diayé (born 25 June 1976) is a French-born Senegalese footballer, currently a defensive midfielder for AS Cannes.

Club career

During his career, N'Diayé played for FC Girondins de Bordeaux (who also loaned him to FC Martigues), Belgian First Division's KAA Gent, Toulouse FC, Lille OSC and Olympique de Marseille. Whilst at Marseille he started in the 2004 UEFA Cup Final.

Other than in Belgium, he also had abroad stints with Spain's Levante UD (helping it achieve top flight promotion in 2006) and CD Tenerife. In July 2008, he returned to France, signing with Ligue 2 outfit Stade Reims. On 12 July 2010, he signed for AS Cannes.

International career

N'Diaye received 17 international caps for Senegal, and was part of its squad-of-23 at the 2002 World Cup. However, he played no minutes for the quarterfinalists.

External links

• Olympique Marseille profile Template:Fr icon